Backpacking Across Scotland Gear List – May 2024

I’ll be hiking coast-to-coast across Scotland in a few weeks for the third time in the annual TGO Challenge. This is a non-competitive event where backpackers, called Challengers, have 15 days to hike from the west coast to the east coast. To make things interesting, everyone defines the route they want to hike, with the goal of climbing as many mountains as they can or seeing as many sights as possible along the way. The goal is not to finish before you have to, but to pack in as many experiences as you can between the start and the end.

I’ll be starting in Oban on the west coast and will be hiking to Montrose on the east coast, following a more southerly route than on my previous crossings to experience some new areas of the country. I’ll stay in two inns along my route, two campgrounds, and spend eleven nights wild camping along the way.

You can read the complete write up written by Philip Werner.

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Philip Werner se yon otè plen tan deyò ak sakado ki abite nan New England. Sit entènèt li SectionHiker.com klase kòm # 1 Hiking ak Sackpacking Blog sou entènèt la pa AdventureJunkies.com nan 2018, 2019, 2020, ak 2021.

Non an nan sit sa a, Seksyon Hiker, refere a Long Trail la ki mwen seksyon monte nan 2008 ak Trail la Applachian ke mwen toujou ap travay nan. Pou dat, mwen te konplete 1400 kilomèt nan AT a ak espwa pou konplete tout seksyon yo ant Georgia ak Maine yon jou. Mwen te tou monte ruth-monte defi tGO a (Kòt-kòt atravè Scotland) de fwa e mwen kounye a seksyon monte tras kapèt la, tou nan Scotland.

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Clothing and gear can be treated with a 0.5% permethrin spray, sold under names including Sawyer, Insect Shield and Ranger Ready.

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Sawyer’s picaridin lotion offers the longest protection windows on test — up to 14 hours against mosquitoes and ticks — and its creamy, low-odor formula goes on smooth and dries quickly.

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The Sawyer Squeeze and Cnoc Vecto made hydration easy.

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